Oman? Oh My!!: Mineola--Austin's Playground

We have visited lots of people and places so far this summer. It has been hard to find time to blog, so this is a couple of weeks late. We were visiting Papa and Miss Diane in Mineola, one of Austin's favorite places. Mineola is where my husband grew up, in beautiful east Texas.

People always ask me where Austin gets his height. Meet Papa, Joe's dad! As tall as Austin is, he is not as tall as Papa. But give Austin a couple of more years, and we shall see!

Papa took us to have a bit of fried catfish in the big city of Alba. We rode in his pickup and listened to country music. Texas all the way!

Fried shrimp, fried okra, fried catfish, and fried corn fritters. Don't judge me. I passed up the hush puppies, the French fries, and the fried apples. But not the pecan cobbler. ;)

Well, this is Savannah's favorite activity on the farm. Driving the mule. She has been driving the mule since she was 8 or 9!

Austin enjoys driving the 4-wheeler.

Savannah took me for a drive around the farm. I was hanging on for dear life! I am afraid she has a bit of a lead foot.

I have been visiting Mineola for over 30 years, and have never shot a gun. Austin felt that it was up to him to remedy the situation. It was, um, loud! I did hit the target, however.

Papa, aka Raymond, knew I was going to do a blog post about Mineola. He wanted to make sure I included a picture of his favorite tractor. Not that he plants actual crops, but he does enjoy moving dirt around. Joe would love to hire him to help build the quarry in Oman!

The old barn

Austin loves the farm in Mineola. He loves shooting, fishing, driving the 4-wheeler, building forts, and having fun in the workshop. Since Papa is more of a gun collector than a sword collector, Austin made his own sword.